Sendfile in erlang

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:27:08 +0100 (CET)
Miguel Barreiro <> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm not sure whether the proper list is e-questions or e-patches, but
> this is a small patch anyway.
>> This draft patch adds a sendfile() interface to Erlang.
Yowza! :)
> Sendfile(2) is a
> system call present in Linux 2.2, AIX 5 and later kernels, and similar
> interfaces are present in recent versions of Solaris and possibly
> other Unices.
Yes, it's in FreeBSD as well. I've adapted the patch for FreeBSD; it
builds alright, but I haven't had time to test it yet. I've included it
in an experimental & unofficial port skeleton for Erlang, which can be
found at:
http://catseye.webhop.net/freebsd/ports/lang/erlang/
-Chris